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TIL there's a place called the Firth of Clyde
by joemaller1 7y ago
TIL there's a place called the Firth of Clyde
- hrnnnnnn 7y agoAnd on the east coast we have the Firth of Forth
- smcl 7y agoAnd of course up in the north, the Moray Firth :-) I wonder if there's anything referred to as "Firth" in a non-Scotland place, perhaps up in Canada or in NZ? update: yes (in England, Germany, NZ and Antarctica)! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firth#English_firths https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firth#English_firths
- arethuza 7y agoAnd a bit further north there is the Pentland Firth which, of course, is nowhere near the Pentlands!
- smackay 7y agoFrom wikipedia: The name is presumed to be a corruption of the Old Norse "Petlandsfjörð",[1] meaning "the fjord of Pictland", and is completely unrelated to the Pentland Hills near Edinburgh. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentland_Firth https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentland_Firth
- growlist 7y agoAnd for the ladies, there's Colin Firth. downvotes?! no sense of humour.
- smcl 7y agoThat's a totally legit Firth, IMO
- gabiruh 7y agoYeah. That’s pure Dog-whistle politics.
- dooglius 7y agoCan anyone explain...?
- gabiruh 7y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog-whistle_politics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog-whistle_politics By saying that they can scan buried ancient sites it resonates to the "enemy" that they can see everything it is trying to hide. What, at a first glance, may sound like celebrating science is just warfare.
- dooglius 7y agoI know what the term "dog-whistle" means. The parent comment you responded to is "TIL there's a place called the Firth of Clyde", what is the dog whistle in that name?
- philjohn 7y agoAlso Firth of Forth - home of the famous bridge that needs constant painting (or at least, did, until they developed a special paint). Flying into Edinburgh on a clear day when circling over the Forth is spectacular.